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'''Louis Philippe I''', more commonly '''Louis Philippe''' (1773-1850), was King of the French from 1830 until his overthrow in 1848. He was the penultimate monarch of [[France]], and the last to bear the title of "King."
Styled Duke of Orléans after the death of his father in 1793 during the [[French Revolution]], Louis Philippe became king in July 1830 as a result of the "July Revolution," in which the previous king, his distant cousin [[Charles X]], was overthrown and went into exile. His reign, sometimes known for this reason as the "July Monarchy," has sometimes been described as a bourgeois monarchy, in that the king governed in accordance with the desires of the urban upper-middle class, even adopting their dress and mannerisms to a considerable degree. Though originally fairly popular thanks to his humane attitude and genuine commitment to the principles of [[constitutional monarchy]], Louis Philippe and his ministers gradually lost support due to economic downturns and their unwillingness to further democratize the political system. Upon the outbreak of the [[Revolution of 1848]], the king agreed to abdicate the throne, and went into exile in [[Great Britain]], where he died two years later.
Louis Philippe's abdication was followed by the proclamation of the Second French Republic in early 1848, which lasted only a few years before being replaced by the Second French Empire under [[Napoleon III]].
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Styled Duke of Orléans after the death of his father in 1793 during the [[French Revolution]], Louis Philippe became king in July 1830 as a result of the "July Revolution," in which the previous king, his distant cousin [[Charles X]], was overthrown and went into exile. His reign, sometimes known for this reason as the "July Monarchy," has sometimes been described as a bourgeois monarchy, in that the king governed in accordance with the desires of the urban upper-middle class, even adopting their dress and mannerisms to a considerable degree. Though originally fairly popular thanks to his humane attitude and genuine commitment to the principles of [[constitutional monarchy]], Louis Philippe and his ministers gradually lost support due to economic downturns and their unwillingness to further democratize the political system. Upon the outbreak of the [[Revolution of 1848]], the king agreed to abdicate the throne, and went into exile in [[Great Britain]], where he died two years later.
Louis Philippe's abdication was followed by the proclamation of the Second French Republic in early 1848, which lasted only a few years before being replaced by the Second French Empire under [[Napoleon III]].
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